Pitman's Venice Italian Eatery serves Thanksgiving dinners to community
On Thanksgiving morning, while most are preparing a meal for their families and loved ones, Ron Zold and his team at the Venice Italian Eatery were preparing to serve and deliver more than 2,800 home-cooked Thanksgiving dinners for the community. For the sixth year, Ron Zold and the staff at Venice Italian Eatery have had the goal of givin...
Famous Carluccio’s Italian market and restaurant opens in Old Town, first in the U.S.
by Rachel Nania When Antonio Carluccio was walking from the stoop of his hotel in Old Town Alexandria to meet the trolley that would take him down to the final block of King Street, he was stopped by a police officer. "You're Antonio Carluccio, aren't you?" the officer asked the 78-year-old man. It was somewhat of a celebrity...
Italy’s coastal cuisine
There are a lot of new restaurants opening up in D.C. these days and many are focused on Italian cuisine.It's a no-brainer, in some ways, because Italy offers a wide array of options, from the northeastern part of the country near Austria and Hungary, where dishes can include sauerkraut and spicy sausages, to the wild boar dishes of Sardinia, to po...
The Italian Store in Westover to Open In Two Weeks
by Ethan Rothstein Despite a weekend where neighbors came by and were served free pizza, The Italian Store isn't opening in Westover for another two weeks. Owner Robert Tramonte said the two soft openings were meant as a "thank you" to the neighborhood– and a chance to break in the new pizza ovens — but the store, at 5837 Wa...
A Look Inside Carrino Provisions, A New Italian-American Food Hall In Jersey City
This foray into Jersey from the guys we've chronicled graphic-style as the Three Kings of Brooklyn (see link at bottom of page) is split into four spaces with a distinctly Italian accent: café, market, osteria and cantina. The team, Dale Talde, David Massoni and John Bush, partnered with the duo who executed the design, Anthony Carrino and...
Senti Restaurant and Wine Bar
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth Barrels of ink have been spilled on the gentrification of Lawrenceville, but the neighborhood's identity as a haven for the young, the alternative, and the artisanal seems as strong as ever. This made the opening of Senti Restaurant and Wine Bar, an unabashedly upscale Italian restaurant in the...
Classic Sicilian fare, on a Little Italy balcony
I had one of those soul-satisfying, I-love-Baltimore nights a few Saturdays back at Cafe Gia Ristorante, a colorful, cheerful and satisfying Italian restaurant on the corner of High Street and Eastern Avenue. We showed up for early dinner reservations and were whisked right upstairs to the narrow second-floor balcony, which was pretty darn magical...
Is Spaghetti and Meatballs Italian?
Meatballs—juicy goodness of meat, onions, breadcrumbs, egg, butter, and Parmigiano-Reggiano, soaked in red sauce over a pile of spaghetti. Nothing says comfort like a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs. And, nothing says Italian food like a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs—unless you are Italian. If you go to Italy, you will not find a...
The Best Italian Ice Is Frozen in Time
by David Bienenstock On a long, hot summer day precisely one hundred years ago, Caterina Di Cosmo grew nostalgic for her hometown in Italy. She decided to try beating the heat by recreating the granitas (granular blends of sugar, ice, and flavoring) she so fondly remembered from her childhood back in the old country. Made not...
Leonardo LoCascio Selections (LLS), a Member of The Winebow Group, is Appointed Exclusive U.S. Importer of Il Marroneto
Leonardo LoCascio Selections (LLS), a member of The Winebow Group and America's leading importer of premium Italian wines, has announced that it is the exclusive U.S. importer of Il Marroneto, the highly acclaimed Brunello producer led by owner and winemaker Alessandro Mori. Il Marroneto joins a portfolio that represents more than 50 wineries throu...
Diners flock to V&M Italian Bistro
On a frigid Friday evening, a milling crowd gathers outside the front door of Vincenza & Margherita Italian Bistro. Inside, couples, standing in the foyer or camping on couches near the hostess stand, juggle glasses of red wine in one hand and bulky winter coats in another. Every stool is occupied at the lively bar where a bartender sprinkles a...
Informal Dining: Martino's Market in Hackensack
by Elisa Ung Italian, with verve. I was barely through my first plate from the $15 all-you-can-eat buffet at Martino's Market in Hackensack and already the questions were piled up in my head: How did this chicken Parmigiana become so tender? Who made this sausage that brims with fennel seeds in every bite? What gave this ordi...